Growing In The Apostolic

Growing in the Prophetic
In this first meeting, Bob prophesied that God was going to raise up worldwide
a young adult prayer movement led by prophetic singers and musicians
in Kansas City. During this meeting, he told me that the Lord would confirm
this prophecy with a sign in nature; he said that it would be a sign that we
would see in the sky as an unusual weather pattern (Acts 2:19). More specifically,
he told me that on the first day of spring, an unexpected snow would
come, and at that time he would sit around a table with me as I accepted his
prophetic ministry. I didn’t take the prophecy seriously since I assumed Bob
was the false prophet I had been warned about by Augustine. I dismissed the
matter, thinking that anyone who prophesied his own acceptance had to be a
false prophet. I left perplexed by this odd man was who was wearing a heavy
winter coat on a warm day.
Several weeks later, a well-known preacher named Art Katz was visiting
our Sunday morning church service. I had heard of Art but had never met
him. After the service, I saw Bob Jones talking privately with him. I expected
Art to reject Bob as I had done. Instead, when I came up to greet him, the first
thing he said was, “Mike, this man Bob Jones is a prophet of God. He just told
me the secrets of my heart!” Art’s testimony about Bob surprised me.
Art had intended to fly out Sunday after the church service, but his small
private plane was grounded due to a sudden change in the weather. About
9:00 p.m. that night, Art insisted on seeing Bob again. We met at my house
from 10:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. It was a very unusual and emotional evening.
I was overwhelmed by the private things that God revealed to Bob about my
personal life. In the emotion of the moment, I blurted out, “Bob, I believe you
are a prophet.” Bob smiled as he reminded me that on March 7, he prophesied
that I would accept him on the first day of spring as the snow melted.
I then realized that it was March 21, the first day of spring, and the snow that
had come unexpectedly was melting that very moment. As we sat around the
table, I had just accepted Bob Jones with my own mouth. All of it happened
just as Bob had prophesied that it would two weeks earlier on March 7.
The unexpected snow on March 21 was precisely predicted by Bob to
confirm the prophetic vision that God was raising up a prophetic young
adult prayer movement of prophetic singers and musicians in Kansas City.
The prediction of unexpected snow coming exactly on March 21, after several
weeks of unseasonably warm weather 1 was a small yet significant sign in the
heavens or sky that confirmed Bob’s prophecy to us.
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